SVG Vectorial Graphics: Illustrate and Animate with Code
Gradients
A course by Javier Usobiaga Ferrer , Web designer
About the video: Gradients
Overview
“Gradients are another common property in CSS, and SVG has its own way of declaring them. The interesting thing about these gradients is the possibility of combining them with other SVG elements and getting things that are not possible in normal HTML, such as applying a gradient to a text. Let's see how they work.”
In this video lesson Javier Usobiaga Ferrer addresses the topic: Gradients, which is part of the Domestika online course: SVG Vectorial Graphics: Illustrate and Animate with Code. Learn to create vector illustrations for your website, from basic lines to interactive animations.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] As in CCS, SVG can declare gradients, but the interesting of these gradients, is to combine them with other SVG elements and do things that do not are possible with normal HTML , let's see it. To create a gradient, declare inside the label Defs, definitions and we will group inside the label linear gradient. Inside of this label in turn we will put the stop labels by each color we want have our gradient, in this example we are seeing a gradient of two colors, starts in this yellow and ends in this orange, the colors are indicated with the attribute stop color inside the stop label a...”
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Course summary for: SVG Vectorial Graphics: Illustrate and Animate with Code
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Category
Web & App Design -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Sketch -
Areas
Animation, Interactive Design, Web Design, Web Development

Javier Usobiaga Ferrer
A course by Javier Usobiaga Ferrer
Javier Usobiaga is a Web Designer for 10 years and co-founder with Marta Armada Swwweet studio, specialized in designing responsive webs from the initial conception to the front-end development.
He also enjoys a lot in his facet as professor of Web Design in renowned workshops and schools like Elisava, IDEP.
Usobiaga understands the web as a whole, not only how beautiful it can be on the computer screen, but its usability in different devices and circumstances.
In his words "I think that as important as the aesthetic is how fast it charges or how well it responds, and I think that in our industry we often forget about that."
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